This is the ice cream maker one shakes, rattles, or rolls to churn a delicious frozen confection. Simply place cream, sugar, vanilla, or other flavoring into the ball’s food-safe sealed compartment and ice and rock salt into a second compartment. Harnessing the virtually limitless energy of youngsters, the ball can be shaken, tossed in place, or rolled back and forth to churn the mixture. Only 20 minutes of play yields up to one pint of rich, creamy ice cream. The ice cream maker’s soft rubber exterior withstands indoor or outdoor use and the ingredient compartment’s 4" diameter opening makes it easy to scoop out churned ice cream. Weighing less than 3 lbs. when empty and about the size of a volley ball, the unit is easy to pack and carry to vacation homes or cottages. (2 1/2 lbs.)

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I got this as a birthday present for my three year old twin nephews. I knew it was a bit pushing for their ages, but they did find it fun to play with and the idea of making their own ice cream to be exciting. We used it for the first time today.

We used the recipe for basic vanilla provided with the ball. On the plus side, the ice cream was frozen and tasted great. The kids were really excited by the idea of making it themselves. 20 minutes of continual effort for the end result was a bit of a push for them. Which I expected even before I got the ball. So definitely an adult supervision toy.

The pros I have are that it's well constructed, and comes apart fairly easily and reliably for cleaning and drying. It definitely makes ice cream - and was deemed well worth it by that most demanding of audiences: toddlers.

The ball is a lot heavier than I'd realized before I got it. I didn't pay sufficient attention to the weight when I ordered it - then you have to add about a pound for the cream mixture, and another couple of pounds for the ice and salt. All in all it's got a lot of heft for a rolling or kicking toy. I'd really hate to see someone trying to kick it in earnest. For us, it just meant we had to roll it - and it didn't roll easily. As long as I could keep the kids focused, though it was fine.

I have some tweaks with the instructions: First off, the mixing chamber for the ice cream is barely enough to fit a pint of cream, plus the other ingredients. If I were to use this again I'd probably cut the recipe to about 6 oz of cream, instead of 8, and adjust the other ingredients from there; while the instructions recommend that you open up the ball at the halfway point (ten minutes) to stir the ice cream and keep it from freezing to the walls of the mixing chamber, I think based on my experience doing that every six minutes, or so, would be more effective. Finally, when getting ice cream out of the ball, I'd suggest draining the salt water mixture, first, then rinsing with lukewarm water, to further loosen the ice cream in the mixing chamber. Just little tweaks, but ones you can be sure I'll be using next time I use this ball with my nephews.

I love this thing! You can use it to freeze any base, including pure fruit juice if that's your thing. Shake it up for 20 - 40 min, and you've got a delicious frozen dessert, made from scratch with zero preservatives and only as much sugar as you decide. I like that it makes me move (I do reps with it like a weight training ball) before I indulge. I bought a round of them for those on my gift list.

Be SURE to open it up every 5-7 min to scrape the sides (with something non-metal). If you don't, the ice cream is not only really hard to get out, but doesn't have a creamy consistency. I wish there were some sort of stirrer inside the chamber. Also, the ice side of mine started leaking after just a few uses. HS offers a lifetime guarantee though, so that wouldn't be an issue except that I live outside the US and returns aren't feasible for me.

This product is wonderful! We have already made three batches of ice cream. It is EXTREMELY easy and the ice cream tastes wonderful! Small bit of advice--use heavy whipping cream or whole milk, otherwise the ice cream can taste more slushy than creamy. This was my only complaint!(and it was my mistake for using 1% milk)